being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

I want you to pay attention to something. Remote workers are now often people like me, high-risk and disabled people who can’t safely access a normal
Workplace due to Covid anymore. This is now being stigmatized, along with supporting trans rights, as unfit for work. That’s Nazi 101.

Bleeding Gums Murphy going bankrupt but from buying regular eggs and not faberge ones

There are two types of ingredient lists. Using peanut butter as an example:

1: sugar, glucose, salt, MSG, palm oil, plutonium nitrate, glue, food coloring, glass. Less than 2% of: peas, almonds, peanut shells.

2: peanuts.